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Tasmanian's minority Liberal government has avoided a snap election but will face further challenges when parliament resumes.

Tasmania's former attorney-general will quit parliament, ending a stand-off with Premier Jeremy Rockliff that could have triggered an early election.

Australia's lone Liberal premier has guaranteed calling an election if the state's axed attorney-general fails to commit her votes of confidence and supply.

Resources Minister Madeleine King says cutting Australia’s gas supply would ‘worsen poverty and inequality’ and lead to ‘shortages … and high prices’, and independent Senator Lidia Thorpe says Dan Andrews quitting six days after announcing his plan to raze and redevelop 44 public housing towers was a ‘dog act’.

An early election is in the hands of Tasmania's former attorney-general Elise Archer, with Australia's only Liberal administration on the brink of collapse.

Jeremy Rockcliff’s administration is teetering on the edge of collapse after Elise Archer quit as attorney general amid a leaked messages scandal. Here’s the state of play

Crikey takes a look at how a distinct voting system and a seething mass of turncoats delivered Tasmania its current political drama.

A UN expert panel is in Western Australia to investigate why the state’s child protective services take so many Indigenous children from their families, and too many kids with disability are shunted to ‘special schools’ because teachers don’t want to deal with them.

The premier of Tasmania has confirmed his decision to ask his ex-attorney-general for her resignation was sparked by remarks she made about victim-survivors.

Tasmania's Liberal government has lost a third MP in the space of five months, with the attorney-general quitting after bullying claims.

A bloody colonial past and Liberal support for a yes vote inform the debate in the only state where the campaign in favour has recently remained ahead